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burgher or taken out burgher rights in the late South African Republic or Orange Free State. I also declare that "I am in possession of £100 (or in a position to maintain myself on arrival in South Africa), and, further, that 1 have not assisted, and will not directly or indirectly assist, in any way whatsoever, His Majesty's enemies in South Africa, and that I am aware of the penalties of so doing under martial law. Signature : Witness : [The addition to tho original form of declaration is shown in italics.]

No. 5. (Circular.) SIR,— Downing Street, 27th March, 1902. I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the colony under your Government, a copy of an Order of His Majesty the King in Council, dated the 6th March, 1902, bringing into operation as from the 17th instant, a treaty between His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Belgians for the mutual extradition of criminals, which was signed at Brussels on the 29th October, 1901, and of which the ratifications were exchanged at that city on the 6th December, 1901. I have, &c, J. CHAMBERLAIN. The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Enclosure. Qrdek in Council.—Belgian Extradition Teeaty. At the Court at Saint James's, the 6th day of March, 1902. Present : The King's Most Excellent Majesty, Lord President, Earl of Kintore, Lord James of Hereford, Sir Arthur Wilson. Wheebas by " The Extradition Acts, 1870 to 1895," it is amongst other things enacted that, where an arrangement has been made with any foreign State with respect to the surrender to such State of any fugitive criminals, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that the said Acts shall apply in the case of such foreign State ; and that His Majesty may, by the same or any subsequent Order, limit the operation of the Order, and restrict the same to fugitive criminals who are in or suspected of being in the part of His Majesty's dominions specified in the Order, and render the operation thereof subject to such conditions, exceptions, and qualifications as may be deemed expedient: And whereas a treaty was concluded on the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and one, between His Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Belgians for the mutual extradition of fugitive criminals, which treaty is in the terms following:— His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, and His Majesty the King of the Belgians, having mutually resolved to conclude a new treaty for the extradition of criminals, the said high contracting parties have named as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a treaty for this purpose, that Is to say : — His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, Constantine Phipps, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the King of the Belgians; and His Majesty the King of tho Belgians, the Baron de Favereaux, Knight of His Order of Leopold, Member of the Senate, His Minister of Foreign Affairs: who, after having commuicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:— Article I. It is agreed that His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Belgians shall, on requisition made in their name by their respective Diplomatic Agents, deliver up to each other reciprocally, under the circumstances and conditions stated in the present treaty, any persons who, being accused or convicted, as principals or accessories, of any of the crimes hereinafter specified, committed within the territories of the requiring party, shall be found within the territories of the other party:— 1. Murder (including assassination, parricide, infanticide, poisoning), or attempt, or conspiracy to murder, in cases jointly provided for by the laws of the two countries. 2. Administering drugs or using instruments with intent to procure the miscarriage of women. 3. Manslaughter. 4. Bigamy. 5. (a.) Counterfeiting or altering money, or uttering counterfeit or altered money. (b.) Knowingly making, without lawful authority, any instrument, tool, or engine adapted and intended for the counterfeiting of the coin of the realm. 6. Abandoning children, exposing, or unlawfully detaining them. 7. Forgery, counterfeiting, or altering or uttering what is forged, or counterfeited, or altered.

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